Author Talk: "Picking Cicoria" with Italian American Rosalia Scalia
Lifelong Little Italy resident Rosalia Scalia reads “Picking Cicoria,” a story inspired by her childhood growing up in the neighborhood. Follow the tale’s young protagonist as she joins her dad on an urban foraging adventure for cicoria in Greenmount Cemetery and beyond. The short story is from her debut book “Stumbling Toward Grace,” published by Unsolicited Press in fall 2021. To RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/author-talk-picking-cicoria-with-italian-american-rosalia-scalia-tickets-311481869657
Praise for “Stumbling”
“a masterful, emotional telling of what we miss as humans.” – Reedsy.com
“a feast of narrative, a joy” – Rafael Alvarez, author of the Orlo & Leini stories
“fiction readers may not know Rosalia Scalia’s name, but they should.” – Ron Cassie, National Folio Award, 2015.
“a look right into the heart of a city and its people” – Susan Muaddi Darraj, AWP Grace Paley Award, 2014
About Rosalia
Rosalia Scalia’s fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in The Oklahoma Review, North Atlantic Review, Notre Dame Review, The Portland Review, and Quercus Review, among many others. She holds an MA in writing from Johns Hopkins University and is a Maryland State Arts Council Independent Artist’s Award recipient. She won the Editor’s Select award from Willow Review and her short story in Pebble Lake was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She lives in Baltimore with her family. More at rosaliascalia.com
About “Stumbling Toward Grace”
Sometimes we try to connect to to others, especially people we love, but end up missing. The stories in “Stumbling Toward Grace” explore perfectly ordinary people in imperfect relationships, in their search to connect, survive, and thrive.
